He wanted to cry quietly but not for himself: for the words, so beautiful and sad, like music.
-James Joyce
"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"
Quotations
Music
Music is very personal. It means different things to different people. To you it means belonging. To me it means knowing I exist.
-Simon Cheshire
"Plastic Fantastic"
Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.
-Jimi Hendrix
A song nobody likes is a sad thing. But a love song nobody likes is hardly a thing at all.
-Rob Sheffield
"Love is a Mix Tape"
Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over.
-Elvis Presley
Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die
-Paul Simon
The music never leaves. Once you have it, you can't lose it.
-Luanne Rice
"Summer of Roses"
It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right time and the instrument will play itself.
-Johann Sebastian Bach
Music, when soft voices die, vibrates in the memory.
-Percy Bysshe Shelley
"The Complete Poems"
Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.
-Johann Sebastian Bach
